"It was so painful that she has to be given steroids kasi nahihirapan siyang huminga. Because of that, nag-overdosage ang mga...the doctors obviously, nagkaroon siya ng... I know she will not mind if I say this...nagkaroon siya ng psychotic breakdown. And seeing your mom in such a breakdown, talagang ang parang feeling ko, I'm going to lose her. Because, Tito Boy, it's almost as if hindi na niya ako kilala. She was having delusions na. And then they wanted nga to make a procedure to make sure na hindi siya magkaroon ng heart attack ulit. Kasi nagkaroon siya ng mild heart attack noon, e.

"Whatever it is na nangyari sa amin ng mommy ko, kumbaga, parang touch and go. Yun ang parang tsamba-tsamabahan, e. Minsan, you like each other. Sometimes, we don't like each other that much. But the bottom line is she's my mother and I love her. And I will never change her for any mom in the world kahit na ano pang sabihin nila."

Tough Ten Question No. 6: Talking about what your mom went through, was there a time na you really went through chronic depression and naging drug dependent?

"I did not want to lose my job. I did not want to lose the comfort of life that I have been experiencing at the moment. So, to make the long story short, nagkaroon ako ng systemic mood disorder, they call it. Off shoot ng anorexia yun. Nagkaroon ako ng chemical imbalance. So, nagte-take ako ng mga gamot na to be honest, up to now, I'm still dependent on them."

"Ang reaksyon ko siyempre... Kahit sabihin pang nagkaroon ako ng second husband, which I thought was going to last forever and unfortunately did not end up that way, masakit pa rin siyempre yung realization na, you know, this man who I lived with and is the father of my two children, he is my husband and I was loyal to him for 13 years, now has replaced me na. Parang ganun."

Isang tanong lang, do you still love him? It's answerable by yes or no.

"Noong time na nagkasakit siya and I thought na my mom will be a goner. Akala ko talaga na she will really go."

Did you say I'm sorry and I love you mom?

"Yes, I did. It was that time na I keep on telling her that I love her. And thankfully nung mag-wear out na yung gamot, na-flash out na sa system niya and she was back to her usual self, na-express namin sa isa't isa. Nagkaroon na kami ng closure. �Okay, hindi tayo parehong perfect. Parehong malakas ang personality natin. But the bottomline is we love each other. And we can not leave without each other.'"